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[low_delta]

There's a new Scotch whisky on the block. More importantly, it's a new distillery on Islay. Kilchoman. The representative is doing a tour to promote it, so my dad invited me along to the Union House. This was also the occasion of tasting his 700th Scotch.

When I got there, he gave me a sip of that 700th malt - a Glenlivet 25 year. It was very good, though I only had a sip, so it was hard to get a feel for it. He had three other new ones. I think he ended up at 702.

The Kilchoman tasting was a disappointment. First, it actually cost money. This guys basically doing advertising for his whisky. Second, it cost $15. All we got was a taste, and he gave his five-minute spiel about the distillery. The whisky itself was okay. It's only a three-year, but it was very good for a 3yr. It shows promise for the future, when they can get up to full production with a ten-year, or so.

My dad got a bunch of his St. Andrew's Society friends to come out, and most of them were in their kilts. Full kilted formal. Think tuxedo. Funny, he was wearing a beret. We were just talking about that the other day. Thanks for voting in the poll, by the way.

So I hung out with dad and his friends for the evening. It was a good time. I ended up trying an Ardbeg Signatory, Caol Isla Duncan Taylor, a Macallan Signatory, Bruichladdich cask strength, Auchroisk bourbon/syrah finish, the aforementioned Glenlivet 25 and Kilchoman 3 yr. Also an Indian single malt cask strength. Some of these were no more than a sip.

They're starting to bug me about joining the Society. I suppose I'll have to, since I hang out with them from time to time. My dad would like me to join, but he doesn't pressure me. Nor does he really explain why I should join, aside from the obvious - Scotch and friends. The other day he invited me to one of their meetings, where they had a rare book collector give a talk. Oh, they actually do have interesting things at their meetings? I wasn't all that interested in joining, since I don't really need any more activities or another circle of friends. But at this point, it seems inevitable. Maybe I'll join after the first of the year. I wonder how long it will be before I get a kilt.

Kilchoman (3yr, initial US offering) (taste)
Glenlivet 25yr (sip)
Caol Isla Duncan Taylor NC2 Range 1992 16yr (glass)
Amrut Cask Strength (122.6 proof) (sip) - dull (Indian Single Malt whisky)
Ardbeg Signatory Cask Strength 51.3% (glass) - light, for an Ardbeg
Bruichladdich 1986 12yr Scot Cask strength 55.3% (glass) - light, for a Bruichladdich
Auchroisk Murray McDavid 1992 15yr 45% Bourbon/Syrah (sip)
Macallan Signatory 1990 13yr (glass) - very dark and rich. raisiny
also a sip of an Austrian whiskey, that dad said tasted like moonshine

Comments

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

I saw Bruichladdich on the shelf at Tria Cafe in Vadnais Heights, MN where I dined Tuesday night. I asked how much and the barkeep said $13/2 ounces. Kind of an expensive habit. How was the Bruichladdich?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's an expensive habit. Bruichladdich is generally very strongly peated, through this one seemed lighter than most of theirs. It was also cask strength, so it was 55% alcohol. I'm a little surprised they had it. It's not one of the more common labels to see in establishments. Did they have many?

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

Just one on the shelf. Dunno how many left in "the vault." It sounded like the barkeep pronounced it right: "brŭk-LAHD'-ĭk" Tria is an uncommon establishment for the Twin Cities 'burbs...

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's about right, though you can leave the last "K" off. Bru-CLOD-dy.

Sounds like a nice place. That's not a bad price, especially since a two-ounce pour is decent.

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

"By the way, if you’re still wondering how to pronounce “Bruichladdich”, the distillery says to use “brook-laddie”, but apparently there’s some controversy over this heinous mispronunciation of the Gaelic “ch” sound… I like the more guttural in-your-throat version (as in “loch”), but I’m sure I won’t care too much after a few drams!"
http://www.whiskydistilled.com/distilleries/bruichladdich/

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

get the socks and the knife first.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Good point. I gotta be ready if they insult my kilt. >:-D

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

*laughing*

OH MY... the formatting is still showing (from the "work plan/outage)

...

but then LOOKING at what is printed, this may be your tags:

Kilchoman (3yr, initial US offering) (taste)
Glenlivet 25yr (sip)
Caol Isla Duncan Taylor NC2 Range 1992 16yr (glass)
Amrut Cask Strength (122.6 proof) (sip) - dull (Indian Single Malt whisky)
Ardbeg Signatory Cask Strength 51.3% (glass) - light, for an Ardbeg
Bruichladdich 1986 12yr Scot Cask strength 55.3% (glass) - light, for a Bruichladdich
Auchroisk Murray McDavid 1992 15yr 45% Bourbon/Syrah (sip)
Macallan Signatory 1990 13yr (glass) - very dark and rich. raisiny
also a sip of an Austrian whiskey, that dad said tasted like moonshine

At any rate, to respond to your comment... YES, you know how ... ADAMANT Scotts Irish folks can be when dealing with patterns of kilts!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

That's just text at the bottom of the entry. I added it later. You're still having LJ trouble, huh? I didn't, before or after the maintenance outage.

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

It is probably the "group" I am on. I don't even know what that group is at this point!